CPE Catalog & Events
2025 Women's Leadership Conference
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Vienna
4.50 Credits
2025 CFO and Controller Conference
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Washington
6.50 Credits
2025 Employee Benefit Plans Virtual Conference
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Virtual
7.50 Credits
Critical Thinking for Financial Professionals
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Online
1.00 Credits
Two Systems of ThinkingSystem 1System 2 How cognitive bias can cause you to make bad decisions Anchoring Availability The Dunning-Kruger Effect The Ikea Effect The Rhyme as Reason Effect Substitution 6 Tips for making better decisions
The Controllership Series - Addressing Cash Flow and Forecasting Uncertainty
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Online
1.50 Credits
Accounting Finance Cashflow
Building Flexible Budgeting Models: Walking Through and Crunching The Numbers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Conducting a Remote Audit
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Online
4.00 Credits
Leveraging the benefits of remote auditing Managing the team, client, and audit process remotely Identifying engagement-wide procedures from client acceptance through report issuance when remote auditing Understanding narrow-topic considerations when remote auditing
Walter Haig's SSARS Prep, Comp and Review Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Analysis of the ''Preparation of Financial Statements'' standards as amended by SSARS 26 with detailed implementation guidance.Analysis of the ''Compilation'' standards as amended by SSARS 26 with implementation guidance.Analysis of the ''Review'' standards as amended by SSARS 26 with detailed implementation guidance.Common mistakes made in SSARS engagements as identified in peer reviews and in litigation.
Project Management: Planning Skills - Supervisors & Managers
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Methods to breakdown a project into milestones so specific due dates and areas of responsibility are identifiedCommunication strategies to stay abreast of status and avoid conflicts early on in the project
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Computer Forensics - Part 1
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Online
1.00 Credits
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
Shortcuts that Excel Users Love
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:The power of keyboard shortcutsOft used features with more capability than meets the eyeNew helpful featuresNote: This session is taught using Hands-On methodology. We provide practice files that tie to the examples in the course materials so participants can undertake all the steps in unison with the instructor.
The Controllership Series - Addressing Budgeting Uncertainty
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Online
1.00 Credits
Accounting Finance
The Controller Function - Elevating the Role
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Online
1.50 Credits
Accounting Finance Auditing Business Development
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting & Rolling Financial Forecasts
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Online
2.00 Credits
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side
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Online
2.00 Credits
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Audit 307: Client and Profitable Engagement Management
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Importance of quality control on auditsWhy engagement budgets are not used, and how to overcome the barriers to successDetermining useful budget amounts to use as a toolBetter engagement scheduling tips for improved efficiencyMaking sure the client is ready on the first day of the auditDelegating for professional development and leveraging audit hoursHandling difficult delegation scenariosBetter engagement wrap-up tips and techniques
Profitability Pricing: Boost your Bottom Line
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Online
2.00 Credits
Competitive bids Achieving target profitability
Building a Better Budget in a Time of Uncertainty
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Online
4.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Budgets vs. ForecastsCyclicalityCore Earnings & Sustainable GrowthIdentifying Key Forecast DriversReasonableness in ForecastingApproaches to BudgetingBudgeting VariancesHorizontal AnalysisFlexible Budgeting
Steps to Stop External Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Types of external fraudConsiderations as organizations work to reduce fraud riskExternal fraud and known parties/External fraud unknown perpetrators
Forensic and Fraud Interviewing Techniques and Skills
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Online
2.20 Credits
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
